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locuester ,

And since electric leaf blowers often have a much higher pitch, that pitch attenuates at a much greater rate

As the article states, it’s this sound that they got rid of. A 94% drop in the high pitched shrill of the electric leaf blower.

Read. The. Article.

It’s a 2 minute read ffs.

locuester ,

So you’re not here to read articles ever? You’re just here to get corrected in comments?

iPad Pro with M4 chip boasts impressive performance jump compared to just-released M3 MacBook Air (9to5mac.com)

On raw performance might, the M4 really does live up to Apple’s promises, should deliver. Single core is up about 20% compared to all M3 chips and more than 40% compared to M2. The generational computational leap from the previous M2 iPad Pro is at least a 42% jump on single-core and multi-core.

locuester ,

Yeah will be interesting, because an Air is what I use for that. I need the keyboard….

I have a powerful PC laptop, then a MacBook Air for days at conferences, airplane, etc.

iPad seems useless for me at least. I have a phone.

locuester ,

Hah, yeah a decade ago when I had one, sheet music became its primary use case.

locuester ,

Source? Texas has no income tax so I’m finding this a weird thing to say

locuester ,

That makes zero sense.

Cali sales tax is 7.25, Texas is 6.25

Poor people likely don’t own property, but yeah it’s about double in Texas.

Income tax in Cali ramps from 1% up slowly to 9% at just 68k/yr. But even lowest income pays 1%. Texas is 0%.

The argument has no merit. None. California appears to have objectively higher tax on most people, and certainly on all those who don’t own property.

What am I missing?

locuester ,

They aren’t. There is sales tax too, which is higher in Cali. And property taxes seem moot if we’re talking about poor people, no?

locuester , (edited )

This isn’t comparing taxes. It’s comparing what section of the population shares more of the total burden.

This isn’t saying the people in Texas pay more, just that the distribution is different across income groups. Which makes sense because there is no income tax. Overall, the vast majority (and all non-landowners) in Texas is paying less than they would in Cali.

It’s a misleading graph, possibly on purpose to make people think what you did.

Edit: brain fart. further discussion below.

locuester ,

I agree with all this. Not sure it’s relevant.

CA charges almost no tax on its poorest, and the poorest make $0 , so they see no benefit. Same in TX.

locuester ,

Ugh I’m sorry. I started trying to make sense of it and then somehow confused myself into thinking it was a % share of total - as if each side added to 100%. Nevermind, I was wrong.

Anyhow, back to the chart - it simply makes no sense in that case. I would need to take a look at the underlying to tell me how the bottom 20% pay 13% of income to taxes in a state with 0% income and 6.25% sales tax. Only thing left is property tax (according to chart it’s those 3).

Yes I realize small local sales taxes may apply, but is a max of 2%.

How much property does this bottom 20% own?!

locuester ,

Ok? But that income tax is huge…

I hadn’t considered the fact that some people make money under the table and/or illegally. And this pay not income tax in either state, but a ton of sales tax.

I highly doubt a large amount of that in a 2% local sales tax county is what causes this. If so, that’s crazy.

locuester ,

Ok, then we are getting into estimated tax derivatives. Yeah I can’t just make guesses there.

That’s not direct tax.

But I agree there could be something there. It would be minimal I’d assume but I truly don’t know.

locuester ,

Not being willingly obtuse, this is a good faith discussion. It feels very obtuse on the other end tbh, and I’m genuinely trying to have an intelligent discussion.

“Other taxes and bullshit” I agree 100% that I’m not taking into account. Thats where I’m looking for some sources of specific info. Not just unsourced opinions.

locuester ,

Yeah, starts at 1%, hits 9% by 68k income. I’m not misunderstanding that. Not seeing how 1% < 0%.

locuester ,

I did not see the link for some reason, just the quote. Once again, I’m not being willingly obtuse. Thank you for the link and I will read it.

It’s not helpful to the discussion to repeatedly tell people how they feel, unless you just want to dismiss the conversation. And in such a case, no reply at all would be a better option imo.

locuester ,

If only they’re wear context clues…

locuester ,

Hahaha you should see our omnibus bills. They’re THOUSANDS of things bundled. It’s a complete joke.

Even this one will likely have little things unrelated added. It’s wild how much is in these bills.

locuester ,

It wasn’t forced. You could opt out.

locuester ,

Correct. Are you unfamiliar with stamps and paper? Sure it’s dumb and unfair that they force such a thing, but it takes 10 mins instead of 10 seconds. They’re not requiring hand delivery.

locuester ,

Sure that argument is fine and all, but you could also just mail them a letter.

Both approaches are moot because you and I don’t have the money or time to fight a huge enterprise or to bride lobby government officials.

locuester ,

Agreed. Is exactly how I felt doing it. It’s not so hard, but still.

locuester ,

I sent a letter with the info they asked for. No response. The popup was a one time thing for some people. I never even saw it, but I did get an email with the new tos (which is why I sent them the letter)

Device works fine. This never impacted anyone’s actual device in any way.

Bias Disclaimer: I’m a Roku fanboy.

locuester ,

Yeah the title makes no sense.

locuester ,

So everyone complains about Windows updates, and then they complain about no Windows updates too. Microsoft can’t win.

locuester ,

My humor is lost on many

locuester ,

in the 90’s

Woah. You’re off by a lot. WSL isn’t even 10 years old.

locuester ,

You want the government to regulate discord? That’s a new one. Hadn’t heard that position before.

locuester ,

Wow you’re serious.

So create a law to prevent something that charges money from showing ads? It would have to be pretty targeted because that’s how the rest of media works. Magazines, newspapers, cable television…. It’s an age old model you’d be fighting.

locuester ,

They’re made obsolete by internet devices which also have advertising?

I’m not tracking with the logic here. A ban on advertising? I’m an app dev. I’m not allowed to put an ad in an app? What about paid placement, is that ok?

Wanting a nanny state to punish software devs for putting ads in applications is a fine way to not have software devs in your country.

locuester ,

this is not a very good defense for just about anything

It’s also how the internet works. I left it off because it was the subject of the comment. People didn’t flee those because of the advertising. People left because the internet is undeniably better by being larger, more convenient, timely, and is a 2-way comms channel. Advertising still drives everything there.

I use discord as my primary work app. If they add ads, I’ll likely move to something else also. And that’s the point. Platforms should be free to do whatever they want and consumers are free to react.

locuester ,

Yeah I agree!

Perhaps my original post sounded like I supported advertising in discord. I don’t. But I support their right to add advertising. The more these centralized corporations enshitify, the more people move to decentralized services.

Keep govt out of it.

I understand you aren’t OP.

locuester ,

Why is that

locuester ,

Exactly. Sure, we can say it’s not directly related to tech devices, but it’s definitely related to not wandering and having real human connection constantly.

And with the recording of everything - absolutely changes behavior.

locuester ,

100%. I read my phone a lot. Typically Lemmy and Wall St Journal. If I didn’t have this device I’d be reading paper magazines and newspapers just like I did pre-device / internet.

It’s not the device, it’s how it’s being used that’s harmful. But I think we all agree with that

locuester ,

You just need to use a conversion. 1 MB/s = 9.66 GHz

locuester ,

I love TCL. Even as a smart TV. I’ve bought several of the ones with Roku built in.

Assuming the dumb tv version is same picture and build quality as the smart ones, that’s an awesome find.

locuester ,

They’re starting to put LTE modems in all cars. When will they do the same with TVs? LTE or LORAWAN prob.

You cannot hide. Lol

locuester ,

Nah. I hear your complaint but look up any stock ticker. Starting at 0 would simply cause too much white space and make it hard to see movements.

The y-axis is clearly labeled allowing us to see that it’s about a 40% jump.

locuester ,

Ah, the wonderful “Child Safety Lock Act of 2005” lol. Love politician names for this shit.

locuester ,

Are you kidding? There isn’t a phone owning high schooler that doesn’t know how to vpn past their high school’s nanny software. You’re out of touch.

locuester ,

Did you read it? That first paragraph’s last sentence refers you to the section which tells you how to opt out.

L. 30-Day Right to Opt Out. You have the right to opt out of arbitration by sending written notice of your decision to opt out to the following address by mail: General Counsel, Roku Inc., 1701 Junction Court, Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95112 within 30 days of you first becoming subject to these Dispute Resolution Terms. Such notice must include the name of each person opting out and contact information for each such person, the specific product models, software, or services used that are at issue, the email address that you used to set up your Roku account (if you have one), and, if applicable, a copy of your purchase receipt. For clarity, opt-out notices submitted via any method other than mail (including email) will not be effective. If you send timely written notice containing the required information in accordance with this Section 1(L), then neither party will be required to arbitrate the Claims between them.

"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America (www.cbsnews.com)

"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America::For a century, the U.S. Government-owned the largest helium reserve in the country, but the biggest exporters now are in Russia, Qatar and Tanzania. With this new discovery, Minnesota could be joining that list.

locuester ,

Thanks for the link. Interesting read.

locuester ,

It would make birthday parties more fun

‘Grand Theft Auto’ Maker Rockstar Games Asks Workers to Return to Office Five Days a Week (www.bloomberg.com)

‘Grand Theft Auto’ Maker Rockstar Games Asks Workers to Return to Office Five Days a Week::Rockstar Games, a division of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., will ask employees to return to the office five days a week beginning in April as the video-game maker enters the final stages of development on its next game, the hotly...

locuester ,

Hey Zink, it’s your boss. Can you stop in at HR on Monday to discuss?

locuester ,

Do you feel that Tesla’s charging for self driving is unfair?

locuester ,

I agree, but this echo chamber doesn’t accept such alternate realities.

locuester ,

But you clearly didn’t read the article. This makes having dialog in the comments frustrating.

Stop wearing Vision Pro goggles while driving your Tesla: U.S. transportation officials, Calif. police (www.nytimes.com)

Stop wearing Vision Pro goggles while driving your Tesla: U.S. transportation officials, Calif. police::Videos, many of them stunts or jokes, of people wearing Apple’s new virtual reality headset while driving Teslas in Autopilot mode prompted officials to issue warnings.

locuester ,

I understand what you’re saying, but politely disagree. The OP of this thread asked “isn’t this just AR”. In the context of Apple - yes, it is.

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